Toilet article



June 24, 1930.

H. M. BAKER ET A1. l766,478

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ATTORNEY June 24, 1930. H. M. BA'KER ET AL 1,766,478`

` TOILET ARTICLE Filed July 18, 1927 2 sheets-sheet 2 lNvr-:N-ron BY O fwxTNssW ATTORNEY Patented June 24, 1930 Urr erase ice ATENE' `HARRY 1VI.BAKER, OF WILKINSBURG, AND JOHN R. `GIIEIR, JR., OF PITTSBURGH,

PENNSYLVANIA.

TOILET ARTICLE Application led July 18, 1927. Serial No. 206,622.

This invention relates to toilet articles, and its general object is` toprovide a cosmetic holder, that can be easily and quickly attached to aperson and to the hand thereof, whereby it will be handy and convenient,and in a place where the cosmetics held thereby can be removed, used andreplaced in an easy and expeditious manner with very little effort, withthe result the holder will be extremely useful in public places,especially in a ball room, theatre, or vehicle as in the use of thedevice, the usual search for cosmetics which are generally carried in avanity box or the like willbe eliminated.

A further object of the invention is to provide a cosmetic holder whichincludes the usual mirror, and is adapted to be carried on the hand of aperson in a manner whereby the appearance of the person can be inspectedby such person without detection and therefore the mirror can be usedwithout embarrassment.

Another object of the invention is to provide a cosmetic holder than canbe easily and quickly attached and detached to and from a persons hand,and includes ornamentations such as flowers, jewelry, designs, pins,insignia and the like which add materially to its appearance and at thesame time have a tendency to disguise the same.

This invention also consists in certain other features of constructionand' in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to behereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawingsand specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing our invention in detail, refe erence will be had to Vtheaccompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like orcorresponding parts throughout several views, and in which:

Figure l is a front view of one form of our invention and illustrating'its appli-- cation to the hand of a person.

Figure 2 is a rear view thereof in applied position.

Figure 3 is an edge elevation of the holder per se.

'is looped upon itself Figure l is a fragmentary bottom plan Viewthereof.

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on line 5 5 of Figure 3 looking inthe direction of the arrows. Y

Figure 6 is a sectional view taken approximately on line 6-76 of Figure3, looking in the direction of the arrows'.

Figure 7 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view taken throughparts of our device. y

Figure 8 is a perspective view of a modified form of our invention.

Figure 9 is a side elevation of another modified form.

Figure 10 is a sectional view Vtaken on line 10-10 of Figure 9.

Referring to the drawings in detail the reference numeral l indicates areceptacle of the usual annular formation and which includes a hingedcover 2 having a mirror arranged in the inner 'side thereof with itsouter side provided with ornamentations as at 2. The receptacle isadapted to receive rouge or powder as will be apparent, and has spacedparallel loops 3 formed lwith its bottom at an angle to the hinge of thecover as best shown in Figure 3 of the drawings.

Arranged in the loops 3 is one of the parallel portions Ll of a flexiblemember 5 which as shown in Figure 3. The portion 6 of said flexiblemember is provided with a plurality of spaced parallel transverselydisposed grooves 7 and the parallel portion l is provided with spacedopenings to receive the bead 8 form-ed centrally of the loops 3 andrising therefrom asbest shown in Figure 5. These beads 8 frictionallyengage the flexible member 5 and prevent casual movement thereof as willbe apparent.

Detachably secured to the ends ofthe i parallel portions l and 6 isastrap 9 and the means for securing the strap 9 to the parallel portion 4consists of a hooked member which is provided with a hook l0 to bereceived in a slot 1l formed in the end of said parallel portion 4 andsaid hook member also is provided with parallel slots ar ranged in pairsto? form cross strips l2 to which is fixed the strap 9 in loopedformation as at 13. The loop 13 formed in the strap 9 is adapted toreceive a lip stick casing or the like as indicated by the referencenumeral 14 in Figure 3.

The strap 9 which may be formed from ribbon has 'its opposite endsecured to the parallel portion 6 through the instrumentality of a pinfastening member 15 which includes a shank 16 adaptedto be received in akeeper 17. The strap is folded upon itself as at 18 and is disposed insuperposed engagement with the parallel portion 7 and held thereon bythe engagement of the shank 16 therewith and which forces a portion ofthe folded strap into one of the grooves 7. By this arrangement, thestrap may be adjustably associated with lthe parallel portion as it willbe apparent that the shank 16 can be disposed in association with anyoneof the grooves 7.

In Figure 8, we have illustrated a modified form of our holder and inthis form of the invention the receptacle is indicated by the referencenumeral 19 and is provided with loops 2O for receiving a ribbon strap 21which has secured to one of its ends a bail carrying member 22 adaptedto receive the hook 23 of the fastener member 2l through which is loopedthe end portion of the strap 21 and said strap 21 has arranged forslidable movement thereon the stud member 25 of snap plates which alsoincludes the member 26 having resilient fin gers formed therewith andwhich is adapted to receive the studs 27 of the stud plate 25. Themember 26 is fixed to the opposite end of the strap as shown. The strapin this form of the invention may be formed from silk, velvet or satinribbon and fixed at any desired place in its length is a flower which inthe present form is indicated by the reference numeral 27.

In the form of our invention as shown in Figures 9 and 10, we include areceptacle which is indicated by the reference numeral 2S and which isthe same as the receptacle 19 and 1l and this receptacle 28 is alsoprovided-with loops 29 formed on its bottom for receiving a flexiblemember 30 which has formed thereon ears 31 engageable with the oppositesides of the loops 29 to prevent longitudinal movement of the flexiblemember 30 as will be apparent. The flexible member 30 has provided inone end thereof a slot 32 to receive a strap 33 which is looped uponitself and has slidably mounted thereon a stud bearing member 311 whichis adapted to receive the spring finger plate 35. The flexible' member30 has formed in its opposite end an opening to which is secured thestrap 33 and said strap follows the curvature of the flexible member 30and has its end secured between the receptacle y 29' and flexiblememberas best" shown 1n Figure 9. A flower 36 is fixed to the strap 33at any appropriate place in its length, but as shown in Figure 9, thefiower is secured by having means 37 passed through the opening formedin the flexible member 30 with said means fixed to the strapas shown.

From the above description and disclosure in the drawings, it will be'obvious that we have provided a cosmetic holder that is adapted to befixed to the hand of a person so that the cosmetics will always be in ahandy and convenient reach of the user and at the same time the holderwill provide an ornamental appearance and in no way will interfere withthe persons activity.

It is thought from the foregoing descrip* tion that the advantages andnovel features of our invention will be readily apparent.

IVe desire it to be understood that we may make changes in theconstruction and in the combination and arrangement of the severalparts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appendedclaims.

What we claim is:

1. In a device of the character described, a resilient flexible elementlooped upon itself to provide parallel portions normally retained inparallelism and clamping engagement with the hand of a person by thenatural inherent resiliency of said element, one of said parallelportions being adapted to be secured to an article to be worn on thehand of a person, a strap, hooked means secured to one end of said strapand being' adapted to be detachably secured with the free end of one ofsaid parallel portions, and means for adj ustably securing the oppositeend of said strap to the other parallel portion.

2. In a. device of the character described, a relatively stiff resilientfiexible element, a pin fastening means for securing'one end of a strapto the flexible element, a shank included in the pin fastening means, akeeper formed with the pin fastening means for receiving said shank, andsaid resilient flexible element being formed with grooves forcooperation with the shank in a manner so that the latter overlies thestrap for urging the same in one of the grooves whereby the strap isadjustably associated with the resilient flexible element to vary thesize of the device with respect to the wearer.'

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures.

HARRY M. BAKER. JOHNR. GIER, JR.

